Pronunciation synthesis system and method of the same

Abstract

A pronunciation synthesis system and method. The pronunciation synthesis system may pre-analyze a word to decompose the word into word root(s) and / or affix(es). The pronunciation synthesis system may include at least an analyzing module, a searching module, a pronunciation module, and a synthesizing module. The pronunciation synthesis system may be provided to search for phonetic waveform data that corresponds to the word root or affix so as to automatically synthesize the phonetic waveform data for the word.

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RELATED APPLICATION DATA [0001] The present application claims priority from prior Taiwanese application 093130081, filed Oct. 5, 2004, incorporated herein by reference. [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to pronunciation synthesis systems and methods of the same, and more particularly, to a pronunciation synthesis system and method of the same which can automatically synthesize pronunciation data of words. [0004] 2. Description of the Prior Art [0005] The electronic dictionary has become an indispensable tool for many people learning foreign languages, due to its compact size, large storage capacity, human pronunciation and unlimited data expansion. [0006] Pronunciation functions of most of present electronic dictionaries are carried out by two manners. One of the manners is to prerecord pronunciations of words. The prerecorded pronunciations are converted into voice files and stored in the dictionary. Each voice file is linked to the correspondin...

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Benefits of technology

[0008] In order to solve the defects of the prior art, a primary objective of the present invention is to provide a pronunciation synthesis system and method of the same that can automatically analyze the structure of a word for synthesizing a corresponding pronunciation data of the word.

[0013] Therefore, the pronunciation synthesis system and method of the same of the present invention can decompose a word into a combination of multiple word root(s) and affix(es) and search for the preferred phonetic waveform data corresponding to the word root(s) and / or affix(es) such that pronunciation data of the word can be automatically synthesized to obtain an improved pronunciation effect.

Problems solved by technology

However, this method cannot provide corresponding pronunciations for user-built words since the pronunciation data cannot be updated at the same time.

However, the pronunciations synthesized by TTS engine are unnatural and thus unsatisfactory.

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